Bike Commute Diaries: In the Still of the Night

26May

There was a sticker on my new bike: “Night riding is dangerous.” Not so, I say. After the frenzy of the evening commute has ended and folks have cleaned up the dinner dishes and turned into couch potatoes, the streets become a magically calm bicycle paradise. (Just don’t forget your lights)

About the Bike Commute Diaries: In honor of National Bike Month, I’m sharing 31 short, sweet and surprising things I’ve discovered about bike commuting one for each day in May. Happy National Bike Month!

2 responses to “Bike Commute Diaries: In the Still of the Night”

I took the sticker off my bike so fast I don’t remember the exact wording. I got the wording here from a google image search of “bike warning stickers” There was another variation I saw that was worse: “Do Not Ride At Night”

Nearly 32,000 Americans die in car crashes annually. 80% of car crashes are PREVENTABLE. If the TOASTER was killing that many people we'd think it was ridiculous. We'd un-plug it and say, let's Fix The Toaster.